Sunday, June 21, 2009

This would be nice...

...for Jeremy mostly...

I don't think I could pull more weight than me and my bike. =) But, now that farmer's market season has started again, we're trying to figure out how to get a ton of stuff home on our bikes. Jeremy's bike actually. I don't have a basket or paniers or anything! When we lived with the family they lent us their Burley and that fits a lot of things. Then a neighbor lent a little cart he'd made. We haven't had a chance to use it yet and now it's buried in the garage somewhere.

But after yesterday, when Jeremy's bumpy bike-ride return from the market caused three bunches of scallions to fall out of his paniers, lost on the bike trail, we'll be looking into better vegetable-transport options.

Anna, that's a good point. We both have bikes now, so I suppose this would only be used when we knew we were transporting stuff. Or if we're going on a long trip, Jeremy can carry me in the bucket. =)

Tam - yep, I found out from your blog! Thanks. =)

And Paul (who deleted his comment for some reason...) I have a friend or two who have that kind of bike. I wonder how you get two kids on that! Wow.

Anyway, honestly, the whole reason for posting this is for a chance to win one of these bikes. I don't know that we'd ever think it necessary enough to dish out the money to buy one. We'd probably save for an electric car before we did that! =)

Your Homesteader

This is the blog formerly known as “Northwest Meets Midwest,” where I shared about the absurdities and adventures of living in the Midwest (having moved here from the Northwest). But really, this blog has been more and more a story of how we’ve fallen into urban farming and homesteading. So read on and enjoy our adventures in canning, preserving, mushroom-growing, local/organic fanaticism, chicken raising, designing and constructing, sewing, and attempting a little self-sufficiency in our corner of Minneapolis.